The Connecticut legislature has approved a tax amnesty program as part of the general state budget bill H.B. 6704. The amnesty period will run from September 16 to November 15, 2013, and is open to individuals, businesses, or other taxpayers that owe Connecticut state taxes (other than motor carrier road taxes) for any taxable period … Read More

Minnesota Governor Dayton signed the new omnibus budget bill HF 677 on May 23, enacting a compromise on income tax rates worked out in conference between the state House and Senate which had passed different versions of the bill. The newly approved income tax rate structure is retroactive to January 1, 2013, and changes affect … Read More

On July 1, 2013, the Illinois Department of Revenue will implement the third phase of the MyTax Illinois online tax account management program. This third phase of MyTax Illinois will provide return filing, payment, and account management for withholding income tax (Form IL-941 and IL-941-X). It will also provide account management and payment options for … Read More

Question: We received a new Form W-9 from a vendor, in response to the “First” B-Notice letter we sent them after the vendor was on our recent B-Notice list from the IRS showing that the taxpayer ID number we used on the last Form 1099-MISC for this vendor didn’t match the vendor name. But we … Read More

The IRS has released their initial draft of the new Form W-9 as well as the second drafts of the W-8BEN and W8-BEN-E forms. It is helpful to look at these draft forms now and determine how your organization will go about implementing their use when the final versions are issued. There are implementation deadlines … Read More

This May, join our Trust Tax and Tax Information Reporting experts as we wrap up our three part series on FATCA for trusts and begin a two-part series on payments to foreign vendors. Webcast Details: FATCA Compliance Implementation Part 3 for U.S. Payers in Trust, Bank and Brokerage Date: Wednesday, May 22 Time: 2:00 PM … Read More